Absence makes the...
Marriage isn't always easy, and it can be particularly challenging when opposites attract and commit to one another. My husband and I are about as different as two people can be. These differences were never more evident than during the pandemic and the Presidential campaign season. There were many times when I had to leave the room, and sometimes the house, just to avoid saying or throwing things I would regret. As I wrote in a previous blog, I am not a calm person. Things get to me. Sometimes I get so upset or nervous or worried that I become physically and mentally incapacitated. Really. There have been a few times (not many, but enough to haunt me) when I became so overwhelmed that I lost my ability to speak. Looking back, one of those times was when my husband had moved to Maryland for a new job and I was home in New Jersey with my three- year old daughter and my newborn son. My husband called to check in and I was literally speechless, so overcome with...everythin